How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms

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jtsnead

Playing Tame Impala gold vinyl looks really cool. .to me tonearms that tracks the record the way it was cut just makes sense


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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #1 on: 11 Dec 2015, 04:27 am »



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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #2 on: 11 Dec 2015, 04:35 am »
Who's nobody?  That Terminator's supposed to be a pretty sweet arm!  Their deck is supposedly quite good as well.

jtsnead

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #3 on: 11 Dec 2015, 05:00 am »
I know but the main stream seems to ignore the linear tracking tonearms

GentleBender

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #4 on: 11 Dec 2015, 12:31 pm »
I dream about them. Does that count? Maybe one day I will have a chance to try one with my VPI.

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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #5 on: 11 Dec 2015, 02:49 pm »
I know but the main stream seems to ignore the linear tracking tonearms


   Clearaudio makes one, Kuzma [ Airline ] makes one. Just very expensive to make and own for many.  Ugly to look at as well however great arms. Did not Rabco make one years ago ?


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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #6 on: 11 Dec 2015, 03:12 pm »


I almost bought one of these last year but ended up going in a different direction with a Nottingham Analogue Space 294 and 12" tonearm.  You have a very nice table that seems to get a lot of praise from owners.  Enjoy!

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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #7 on: 11 Dec 2015, 03:13 pm »




Listening to my Ortofon Jubilee mounted on a Tomahawk arm wand as I type this.  Sweet sounding! 

SoCalWJS

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #8 on: 11 Dec 2015, 03:45 pm »
I have a TT (SOTA Star) with an Eminent Technology 1.5 (model 1 with upgrades) that I bought used. I need to hook it up at some point and see how it works (the whole setup is pretty large and I just flat out can't figure out where to put it  :oops:)

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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #9 on: 11 Dec 2015, 08:35 pm »



Listening to my Ortofon Jubilee mounted on a Tomahawk arm wand as I type this.  Sweet sounding!

Nice arm! I just installed a Ortofon Quintet Black and it is sounding very nice in my

jtsnead

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #10 on: 11 Dec 2015, 08:37 pm »
I have a TT (SOTA Star) with an Eminent Technology 1.5 (model 1 with upgrades) that I bought used. I need to hook it up at some point and see how it works (the whole setup is pretty large and I just flat out can't figure out where to put it  :oops:)

My original linear tracking arm was a ET2 on the same table as WntrMute2's table above

The Trans-Fi is easier to setup and maintain by far

jtsnead

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #11 on: 11 Dec 2015, 08:39 pm »

   Clearaudio makes one, Kuzma [ Airline ] makes one. Just very expensive to make and own for many.  Ugly to look at as well however great arms. Did not Rabco make one years ago ?


charles

Yes I remember the Rabco years ago when I first got into the audio business. I worked with a guy that would modify
them.

jtsnead

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #12 on: 11 Dec 2015, 08:43 pm »
WntrMute2 whats the sticker say on the front of the trolley?
What do you use for phono stage?

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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #13 on: 11 Dec 2015, 09:08 pm »
PDR built one. 
Maybe he'll chime in?

Freo-1

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #14 on: 11 Dec 2015, 09:18 pm »
Yes I remember the Rabco years ago when I first got into the audio business. I worked with a guy that would modify
them.

I had a Harmon Kardon Rabco TT.  At the time, thought it was pretty cool.  I did have problems with the assembly after heavy use.

TomS

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #15 on: 11 Dec 2015, 09:34 pm »
Love my Salvation/T3 Pro combo, a bargain in today's heated high end TT market  :thumb:



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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #16 on: 11 Dec 2015, 09:43 pm »
Anybody make one that doesn't look like a component on a butter churn?

Doc

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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #17 on: 11 Dec 2015, 09:43 pm »
Love my Salvation/T3 Pro combo, a bargain in today's heated high end TT market  :thumb:



Looks pretty cool.  Bet it sounds excellent as well.

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Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #18 on: 11 Dec 2015, 09:44 pm »



Listening to my Ortofon Jubilee mounted on a Tomahawk arm wand as I type this.  Sweet sounding!

Nice! Make sure those LEDs aren't injecting noise into your wiring though, they can broadcast some nasty sounding fields...

TomS

Re: How come nobody talks about linear tracking tonearms
« Reply #19 on: 11 Dec 2015, 10:15 pm »
Looks pretty cool.  Bet it sounds excellent as well.
Thank you. Indeed it does sound excellent and is quite simple to set up, once leveled thoroughly. I use a Soundsmith Hyperion 2 cart and Vinnie Rossi LIO phono module, all providing great synergy.

Unlike other air bearing arms, this one uses very low pressure, so there is no noise from air flowing. I had an ET2 long ago and was constantly fiddling with pump pressure, air modulation, etc. This one has none of those issues at all.